Metallic wall-covering.



No. 64!,237. Patented Jan. 9, I900. G. RUSSELL.

METALLIC WALL COVERING.

(Application filed May 29, 1899*) (No Model.)

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GEORGE RUSSELL, MCKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA.

M ETALLIC WALL-COVERING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 641,237, dated January9, 190i).

sat-m No. 718,738. No model;

Application filed May 29, 1899- To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE RUSSELL, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at McKeesport, in the county of' Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMetallic Wall-Coverings; and I do hereby doe clare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved metallic covering for walls andceilings of rooms; and its object is to provide a covering for suchpurpose that will be fireproof, impervious to the passage of germs andvermin, and which will also be proof against the deteriorating influenceof dampness in any form. I

I will now describe my invention, so that others skilled in the art maymake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of a roll br package of myimprovedcovering. Fig.- 2 is an enlargedtransverse sectional view of the same.

My improved covering is preferably made as follows: I take a thinmetallic sheet 1 of burned one or more coatings 3 of an enamelpreparation, composed, preferably, of copal, linseed-oil, and a suitablecoloring material, are applied to the exterior surface of the plate andsuch coating or coatings are also baked in an oven or :iln heated toabout the temperature above mentioned. The desired ornamentation 4 ingold, bronze, enamel, &c. is then applied to the last-applied coating inany desired manner, preferably by means of the mechanism shown anddescribed in Patin various ways and made to represent wall-T paper,either plain or paneled.

, The foregoing method is my preferred method of making my improvedcovering; but

it will be understood that other methods may be employed in making thesame.

The advantages of my invention will be appreciated by those skilled inthe art. It is economical to manufacture, durable, easy to keep clean,and is not liable to-crack and break, as ordinary wall-coverings, and,as before men tioned, is proof against disease-germs, fire, water,dampness, and vermin.

I claim- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a covering for walls andceilings, composed of a plate of sheet metal having a coating on eachside, one of said coatings having a burned enameled surface.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a covering for walls and ceilings,composed of a plate of sheet metal having acoating on each side, both ofsaid coatings being burned and one having an enameled decorated surface.3. As a new article of manufa ture, a covering for walls and ceilings,composed of a plate of sheet metal having a burned coating on each side.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a covering for walls and ceilings,composed of a plate of sheet metal having a burned primary coating oneach side, a second burned enameled coating on one of the primarycoatings; and decorations applied to the burned enam: eled coating.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signaturein the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

' GEORGE RUSSELL.

Witnesses:

J 01m Dowsuv, JAMES J. CLOONAN.

